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Local multi-channel RF surface coil versus body RF coil transmission for cardiac magnetic resonance at 3 Tesla: which configuration is winning the game?

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Title:Local multi-channel RF surface coil versus body RF coil transmission for cardiac magnetic resonance at 3 Tesla: which configuration is winning the game?
Creators Name:Weinberger, O. and Winter, L. and Dieringer, M.A. and Els, A. and Oezerdem, C. and Rieger, J. and Kuehne, A. and Cassara, A.M. and Pfeiffer, H. and Wetterling, F. and Niendorf, T.
Abstract:INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of cardiac MR at 3 Tesla using local four-channel RF coil transmission and benchmark it against large volume body RF coil excitation. METHODS: Electromagnetic field simulations are conducted to detail RF power deposition, transmission field uniformity and efficiency for local and body RF coil transmission. For both excitation regimes transmission field maps are acquired in a human torso phantom. For each transmission regime flip angle distributions and blood-myocardium contrast are examined in a volunteer study of 12 subjects. The feasibility of the local transceiver RF coil array for cardiac chamber quantification at 3 Tesla is demonstrated. RESULTS: Our simulations and experiments demonstrate that cardiac MR at 3 Tesla using four-channel surface RF coil transmission is competitive versus current clinical CMR practice of large volume body RF coil transmission. The efficiency advantage of the 4TX/4RX setup facilitates shorter repetition times governed by local SAR limits versus body RF coil transmission at whole-body SAR limit. No statistically significant difference was found for cardiac chamber quantification derived with body RF coil versus four-channel surface RF coil transmission. Our simulation also show that the body RF coil exceeds local SAR limits by a factor of ~2 when driven at maximum applicable input power to reach the whole-body SAR limit. CONCLUSION: Pursuing local surface RF coil arrays for transmission in cardiac MR is a conceptually appealing alternative to body RF coil transmission, especially for patients with implants.
Keywords:Benchmarking, Electromagnetic Fields, Imaging Phantoms, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Radio Waves
Source:PLoS ONE
ISSN:1932-6203
Publisher:Public Library of Science
Volume:11
Number:9
Page Range:e0161863
Date:6 September 2016
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161863
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